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Benefits: Reduced Speed Zone Warning / Lane Closure (VS09)

64 unique benefits found.

Field Testing of an Automated Flagger Assistant Device in Missouri Reduces Vehicle Approach Speeds by Four Miles Per Hour and Increases Stopping Distance by 11 Feet.
Date Posted: 08/23/2021 | Source Date:
Survey on Roadway Worker Protection Warning Device in Sacramento Shows 83 Percent of Rail Transit Agency Employees Felt Safer with the Device.
Date Posted: 07/21/2021 | Source Date:
Virginia Study Shows Non-traditional Dynamic Message Sign Messages that Utilize Word Play and Rhymes Increase Cognitive Attention by Nearly 65 Percent.
Date Posted: 04/27/2021 | Source Date:
Smart Work Zone (SWZ) systems can detect congestion, display travel times, and recommend alternate routes. Benefit-to-cost ratios range from 10:1 to 12:1.
Date Posted: 09/18/2019 | Source Date:
In Minneapolis, implementation of a queue warning system resulted in 54 percent decrease in near-crashes and 22 percent decrease in crashes along segment of interstate.
Date Posted: 12/21/2018
Portable variable speed limit system in Utah successfully reduces speed limit by 15 to 25 mi/hr near work zones.
Date Posted: 07/23/2018 | Source Date:
Rapid deployment of DSRC for connected vehicles can save thousands of lives, regardless of whether a later transition to C-V2X proves advantageous.
Date Posted: 07/23/2018 | Source Date:
As a result of a Portable Variable Speed Limit System installed along a construction zone in Alaska, the percentage of vehicles speeding decreased by 57 percent.
Date Posted: 04/25/2018 | Source Date:
Truck-mounted radar speed signs were effective in reducing traffic speeds by 5 to 23 percent versus reductions of 4 to 8 percent in work zones without them.
Date Posted: 08/28/2017 | Source Date:
In Smart Zone work zones, 71 percent of local resident survey respondents found variable speed limit signs useful.
Date Posted: 10/28/2016 | Source Date:
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Traffic Management

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